LLM Comparisons

Every comparison has a named winner. No "it depends" without an answer.

Claude Opus 4.6 vs GPT-5.2

The two highest-scoring frontier models. When is Opus worth 3× the price?

Same maker, real capability gap. Is the $100/month Max plan worth it over the $20 Pro?

Writing quality and instruction-following vs raw capability, bigger context, and a cheaper API.

Claude's writing precision vs Gemini's 1M token context and lower price. Note: Gemini 3 Pro is deprecated March 9, 2026.

The two biggest labs, head-to-head. Note: Gemini 3 Pro is deprecated March 9, 2026 — replaced by 3.1 Pro.

Speed + multimodal + higher intelligence vs lower per-token cost and reasoning depth. Budget tier.

Apache 2.0 vs Llama license. Intelligence vs context window and speed. Open source showdown.

Same price, same context window — but Gemini 3 Pro is deprecated March 9, 2026. Here's what 3.1 Pro actually improved.

The new #1 on the intelligence index vs the reigning writing and enterprise task champion.

Google's new #1-ranked model vs OpenAI's flagship. Intelligence index, context window, and price all favor Gemini.

DeepSeek V3.2 costs 6× less than GPT-5.2. What do you actually lose — and gain?